2014 Edinburgh Fringe

Massive Dad

  • Comedy (sketch show)
  • 6pm (60 mins)
  • 30 & 31 Jul; 1-12 & 14-25 Aug 2014
  • Pleasance Courtyard
  • £6.50 - £9.50
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33: Pleasance Courtyard

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Brand new and 'utterly excellent' (BroadwayBaby.com) sketch comedy group Massive Dad make their much anticipated Edinburgh debut at the Pleasance Courtyard. Finalists in the upcoming Best New Sketch Act 2014, Stevie Martin, Tessa Coates and Liz Smith will be performing the best of their material for an hour. Book now before they sell out or the festival ends.

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Photo gallery: Backstage and personal

From Adam Riches taking a stroll in full armour to Greg Proops drinking in the abattoir and Camilla Cleese doing her hair, Idil Sukan catches Edinburgh festival's top standups off-guard.

Idil Sukan, The Guardian, 22nd August 2014

The sketch show isn't over, it's just waking up

Twelve years after a comedy troupe last won the best newcomer award, there are signs of a resurgence in skits and silliness.

Harriet Gibsone, The Guardian, 15th August 2014

How female comics took over the Fringe

At this year's Edinburgh Fringe there are almost as many jokes about feminism as there are about cats on the internet. Which is to say, lots of them. Bridget Christie, fresh from winning the Fosters Edinburgh Comedy Award (formerly the Perrier) last year, is back with an hour that tackles female circumcision and the ridiculous sexualisation present even in yoghurt adverts. Sara Pascoe's tour of women in history includes a delightfully sharp debunking of Page 3. Luisa Omielan is packing out a ballroom each night with Am I Right Ladies?!, a raucous celebration in which she sticks her fingers up at issues such as body fascism.

Alex Hardy, The Times, 14th August 2014

Edinburgh picks 2014: Sketch acts

The sketchiest acts in the business...

Andrew Mickel, Such Small Portions, 30th July 2014

5 awesome female comedians at this year's Fringe

They're up-and-coming, and they're doing it fast.

Cosmopolitan, 25th July 2014

Fringe 2014: 5 hotly-tipped sketch comedy debuts

Featuring Aunty Donna, Gein's Family Giftshop, Massive Dad and zazU.

Brian Donaldson, The List, 25th July 2014

Edinburgh picks 2014: Debut hours

Some of the best-looking first hours on offer this August...

Andrew Mickel, Such Small Portions, 23rd July 2014

Best sketch and character comedy at the 2014 Fringe

Having covered the best stand-up comedy shows and the best free comedy shows at the Fringe this year, it's now time for some sketch and character comedy recommendations.

Laugh Out London, 9th July 2014

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Extraordinary and brand new sketch group Massive Dad present their much anticipated Edinburgh debut.

Having burst onto the London comedy circuit in 2013, this awesome threesome already have several sold-out London shows under their belt and are regulars at the Invisible Dot New Wave. Massive Dad are one of the most exciting and talented new sketch acts on the circuit and won't stay a secret long, having been selected as one of just two debut comedy acts to be produced by the Pleasance at this year's Fringe.

Imagine, if you will, that Massive Dad are already MASSIVE in their non-specified Eastern-European homeland. The show sees the group embarking on the UK leg of their world tour, whilst attempting to explain the concept of sketch comedy to the unschooled British audiences who (they seem to think) have never encountered the genre. Though sketch comedy probably isn't the mystery they'd have you believe... rest assured that you've never seen anything like this before.

Massive Dad are Stevie Martin, Tessa Coates and Liz Smith: expect razor sharp quips, expertly choreographed routines, music, big set pieces, intelligently observed and curious characters and a killer narrative.

Performances

Date Time Venue
30th Jul 2014 18:00 Pleasance Courtyard
31st Jul 2014 18:00 Pleasance Courtyard
1st Aug 2014 18:00 Pleasance Courtyard
2nd Aug 2014 18:00 Pleasance Courtyard
3rd Aug 2014 18:00 Pleasance Courtyard
4th Aug 2014 18:00 Pleasance Courtyard
5th Aug 2014 18:00 Pleasance Courtyard
6th Aug 2014 18:00 Pleasance Courtyard
7th Aug 2014 18:00 Pleasance Courtyard
8th Aug 2014 18:00 Pleasance Courtyard
9th Aug 2014 18:00 Pleasance Courtyard
10th Aug 2014 18:00 Pleasance Courtyard
11th Aug 2014 18:00 Pleasance Courtyard
12th Aug 2014 18:00 Pleasance Courtyard
14th Aug 2014 18:00 Pleasance Courtyard
15th Aug 2014 18:00 Pleasance Courtyard
16th Aug 2014 18:00 Pleasance Courtyard
17th Aug 2014 18:00 Pleasance Courtyard
18th Aug 2014 18:00 Pleasance Courtyard
19th Aug 2014 18:00 Pleasance Courtyard
20th Aug 2014 18:00 Pleasance Courtyard
21st Aug 2014 18:00 Pleasance Courtyard
22nd Aug 2014 18:00 Pleasance Courtyard
23rd Aug 2014 18:00 Pleasance Courtyard
24th Aug 2014 18:00 Pleasance Courtyard
25th Aug 2014 18:00 Pleasance Courtyard

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